Tullyloughfin () is a

townland A townland ( ga, baile fearainn; Ulster-Scots: ''toonlann'') is a small geographical division of land, historically and currently used in Ireland and in the Western Isles in Scotland, typically covering . The townland system is of Gaelic origi ...

in the

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...

Templeport Templeport () is a civil parish in the barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. The chief towns in the parish are Bawnboy and Ballymagauran. The large Roman Catholic parish of Templeport containing 42,172 statute acres was split up in the 18t ...

County Cavan County Cavan ( ; gle, Contae an Chabháin) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Ulster and is part of the Border Region. It is named after the town of Cavan and is base ...

Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...

. It lies in the Roman Catholic parish of

Corlough Corlough () is a Roman Catholic parish situated in the Barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. It derives its name from Corlough townland, in which the parish church is situate. It formed part of the larger parish of Templeport until 1877 ...

and barony of Tullyhaw.

Geography

Tullyloughfin is bounded on the north by

Altachullion Upper Altachullion Upper () is a townland in the civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish of Templeport, County Cavan, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It lies in the Roman Catholic parish of Corlough and barony of Tullyhaw. A sub-division is called ''T ...

townland, on the west by

Altateskin Altateskin () is a townland in the civil parish of Templeport, County Cavan, Ireland. It lies in the Roman Catholic parish of Corlough and barony of Tullyhaw. The local pronunciation is ''Awelta a chaskin''. Geography Altateskin is bounded ...

Owencam Owencam () is a townland in the civil parish of Templeport, County Cavan, Ireland. It lies in the Roman Catholic parish of Corlough and barony of Tullyhaw. Geography Owencam is bounded on the north by Altateskin, Altcrock and Tullyloughfin ...

and

Tullybrack Tullybrack () is a townland in the civil parish of Templeport, County Cavan, Ireland. It lies in the Roman Catholic parish of Corlough and barony of Tullyhaw. Geography Tullybrack is bounded on the north by Tullyloughfin townland, on the west b ...

townlands and on the east by

Eaglehill Eaglehill () is a townland in the civil parish of Templeport, County Cavan, Ireland. It lies in the Roman Catholic parish of Corlough and barony of Tullyhaw. The local pronunciation of the Gaelic name is 'Tully-Lug-Skiver-An-Erla'. Geography ...

, Tullandreen and

Tullynamoltra Tullynamoltra () is a townland in the civil parish of Templeport, County Cavan, Ireland. It lies in the Roman Catholic parish of Corlough and barony of Tullyhaw. The local pronunciation is Tullynamoiltra. Geography Tullynamoltra is bounded on t ...

townlands. Its chief geographical features are the Owensallagh river (A source of the

River Blackwater, County Cavan The River Blackwater ( ga, Abhainn Dubh) rises in the Cuilcagh Mountains, in the townland of Gowlan, Parish of Killinagh, Barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan. It then flows in a south-east direction and ends in Ballymagauran Ballymcgovern (, h ...

), forestry plantations, gravel pits and dug wells. Tullyloughfin is traversed by minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 222 statute acres.

History

In earlier times the townland was probably uninhabited as it consists mainly of bog and poor clay soils. It was not seized by the English during the Plantation of Ulster in 1610 or in the Cromwellian Settlement of the 1660s so some dispossessed Irish families moved there and began to clear and farm the land. A deed dated 13 Nov 1738 includes: ''Tullyanlaugh''. A deed dated 30 April 1740 by Thomas Enery includes: ''Tullinlough''. A map of the townland drawn in 1813 is in the National Archives of Ireland, Beresford Estate Maps, depicts the townland as ''Tullinloughfin'

The Tithe Applotment Books for 1827 list four tithepayers in the townland. The Ordnance Survey Name Books for 1836 give the following description of the townland- ''Contains 224 acres of which 43 are cultivated and 181 of uncultivated heathy mountain pasture...The townland is bounded on the east and south sides by a large mountain stream, near the west bank of which the principal part of the tenants reside.'' The Tullyloughfin Valuation Office Field books are available for August 1839. In 1841 the population of the townland was 55, being 23 males and 32 females. There were eight houses in the townland, all were inhabited. In 1851 the population of the townland was 65, being 32 males and 33 females. There were nine houses in the townland, all inhabited.

Griffith's Valuation Griffith's Valuation was a boundary and land valuation survey of Ireland completed in 1868. Griffith's background Richard John Griffith started to value land in Scotland, where he spent two years in 1806-1807 valuing terrain through the examinati ...

of 1857 lists nineteen landholders in the townland. In 1861 the population of the townland was 63, being 32 males and 31 females. There were eleven houses in the townland and all were inhabited. In 1871 the population of the townland was 61, being 30 males and 31 females. There were twelve houses in the townland and all were inhabited.(page 296 of census) In 1881 the population of the townland was 61, being 28 males and 33 females. There were thirteen houses in the townland, all were inhabited. In 1891 the population of the townland was 63, being 33 males and 30 females. There were twelve houses in the townland, all were inhabited. In the 1901 census of Ireland, there are thirteen families listed in the townland. In the 1911 census of Ireland, there are twelve families listed in the townland.''Census of Ireland 1911''
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